Ninth Circuit Court stays gay marriages pending appeal

California Gay Marriage on Hold as Case Is AppealedRichard L. Hasen, a professor of law at the Loyola Law School Los Angeles, said that the ruling “takes the heat off the Supreme Court,” which is likely to have been asked for an emergency stay by those who support Proposition 8 if the Ninth Circuit had not acted. But Mr. Hasen added that the stay’s putting a halt to any potential marriages did not mean that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals would rule necessarily in favor of Proposition 8.